As many of you may be aware, author HSJ Williams' fantasy novel, Moonscript, will be releasing on May 7, 2020. Do you know how close that is?!!? I don't know about you, but I want this book IN my hands when it is still hot from the printing press. In anticipation of this book's release, [...]
Category: fantasy
Fantasy Worldbuilding Secrets
In honor of #FantasyMonth, I thought it would be fun and insightful to re-explore some of my absolute favorite books (who wouldn’t?!) and why their “worlds” felt so special or real to me. Why they felt like places that, oftentimes, I’d prefer to the world I actually live in. The Sevenwaters series. Author Juliet Marillier [...]
The Power of Imagination
This is a guest post by author Jenelle Leanne Schmidt. When I was asked to write a post about something that inspires my writing, my mind went instantly blank. I struggled with jotting down one idea, then another, but none of it felt right. You see, I’m not entirely certain I can point to a [...]
Winter Fairy Tale Reading
With the weather getting colder (we’ve already had SO much snow!), it’s just the perfect time of year for cozy reading. As usual, I have a whole slew of books I’m eager to read, so I thought it would be a great time to not only list a few that I’ve read, my opinions on [...]
Blind Beauty BOOK REVIEW
What a charming, well-told, and heart-touching collection of stories. Though these are fairy tale retellings, don’t expect to hear the same stories you think you’re familiar with. Each has creative and clever twists of its own that kept me reading from start to finish, hardly able to put the book down. It is extremely difficult [...]
AMA’s and Other News
AMA POSTS Some of you may already be members of the Fairy-Tale Forum, a Facebook page that fellow author Shonna Slayton and I started a few months ago. If you are, you will know that we have frequent AMA (Ask Me Anything) posts from invited guests. We have had talented artists, authors, crafters, bloggers, podcasters, [...]
Are Fairy Tales a Waste of Time?
This is a guest post by Brent King. As a Christian urban fantasy author I have been confronted, as have many of my writing partners, by those who doubt that fantasy, or fairy stories, have any anchor in the real world. Worse yet, some have argued that they take their reader far out of this [...]
A Wish Made of Glass: RELEASE DAY!
A FAIRY TALE A Wish Made of Glass is a story that has been through many changes. When I first began writing it, I wanted nothing more than a simple fairy tale told from an alternate point of view from the original Cinderella version I was loosely basing it upon. That's what I got with [...]
Cinderella Schemes #4: An Interview with Clara Diane Thompson
Time for the fourth Cinderella author interview! This time I'm talking with the beautiful Clara Diane Thompson, the author of The Moon Master's Ball from the Five Glass Slippers collection. I had the privilege of being an influence reader for Clara's enchanting story (see my review here), and I truly can't wait to read more from [...]
COVER REVEAL: A Wish Made of Glass
I am absolutely delighted to present the gorgeous cover for my fairy tale novella which will be releasing this summer. I'm not even going to waste any time introducing it....I'll let its beauty speak for itself 🙂 Ready? *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** Deep in a forest glade, the fey folk dance with Isidore, [...]
Ashlee Willis, Author of Fantasy 